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Saltwater

Saltwater 3

An epic fight for justice in the tropics

by Cathy McLennan
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/08/2016
5/5 Rating 3 Reviews
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**Winner 2017 QLD Literary Awards for Nonfiction**

**Winner 2017 People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year**

Everyone knows that some of those kids are innocent … your dilemma is not whether the kids are innocent, but which of the kids are innocent.

When Cathy McLennan first steps into Townsville’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as a young graduate she isn’t expecting a major murder case to land on her desk. The accused are four teenage boys whose family connections stretch across the water to Palm Island.

As she battles to prove herself in the courtroom, Cathy realises that the truth is far more complex than she first thought. She starts to question who are the criminals and who are the victims.

Saltwater tells the compelling story of one lawyer’s fight for justice amongst the beauty and the violence of this tropical paradise.

ISBN:
9780702253836
9780702253836
Category:
Memoirs
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-08-2016
Publisher:
University of Queensland Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Edition:
1st Edition
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
225x154x29mm
Weight:
0.43kg
Cathy McLennan

Cathy McLennan is the winner of the 2014 Queensland Literary Award for Best Emerging Author and has written for the Courier Mail and the Townsville Bulletin. She has more than twenty years’ experience in criminal law, from her early days working as a barrister for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service in North Queensland, to appearing in the High Court and deciding cases as a Queensland Magistrate.

She has a Masters of Law and was the recipient of the 2015 Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Alumnus of James Cook University. Cathy is well known for her dedication to vulnerable Queenslanders. She lives with her husband and their two children.

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  • Riveting

    by on

    Bought the book on Tuesday evening and had it read by 2am Wednesday morning. Riveting well-written book. A non-fiction thriller likely to become an all time Australian classic.

  • Saltwater

    by on

    Fabulous read. I am waiting for the sequel. Everybody needs to read this gripping book.

  • Incredible read. Book of the year

    by on

    Gripping from start to finish. I couldn't put this book down. Raises so many questions I found myself thinking about the book outside reading sessions. The author masterfully pens the book so it feels like a novel and this makes it all the more powerful to realise it is actually a TRUE STORY. I hope all Australians can read this book and hopefully we can start a conversation about how to help these kids.